statement of responsibility: composé par Monr. Chauuot, celebre mathematicien parisien ; tout exprez pour l'instruction de Monsieur le baron D'Obdam seigneur de Wassenäer du temps qu'il apprenoit ses exercises à Paris

Inscription at the foot of the t.p.: "In perpetuam amoris ac observantiae memoriam erga carissimum suu[m] Maecenatem haec depinxit Pompeius Michaelius."

The text is keyed by side-notes to the various illustrated figures

1. Maximes de l'art de se deffendre -- 2. De la fortification -- 3. De la maniere de tracer une fortification reguliere -- 4. De l'attaque -- 5. De la deffence -- 6. De la garde des places -- 7. De la fortification irreguliere -- 8. Fortifier un angle Ie. proposition -- 9. Autre methode de fortifier un angle obtus á remettre en son lieu -- 10. II. proposition, fortifier une ligne

Manuscript handwritten in ink on paper, apparently based on Jacques Chauvet's Petit traicté de l'art militaire, with extensive hand-drawn, chiefly colored, illustrations

SCDIRB copy 39088010382596, according to a ms. pencil note on front free endpaper, was transferred from NMAH Div. of Military History, Lathrop C. Harper (the N.Y. rare book firm, presumably the source of this manuscript), accession no. 167989M

SCDIRB copy has contemporary blind-ruled full leather binding with raised bands and gilt-tooled spine; 4 blank leaves are inserted at the end of the volume

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